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W. H. KING.

- BALE TIE.

(No Model.)

Patented Jan. 31

UNITE STATES ATENT OrrIcE.

WILLIAM H. KING, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO THOMAS\V. FITCH, OF SAME PLACE.

BALE-TIE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 252,953,dated January31, 1882.

Application filed August 26. 1881.

To all 'whom tt may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM 1]. KING, of St. Louis, Missouri, have madea new and useful Improvement in Bale fies, of which the following is afull, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the-annexeddrawings, making part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a viewin perspective of the improved tie, the two parts of the tie beinginterlocked, and one of the parts being shown in broken lines; Fig. 2, asimilar view, but. the two parts of the tie being shown in full linesand the block in broken lines; Fig. 3, a view in perspective, showingthe two parts of the tie, the two parts not being interlocked, butshaped as when interlocked, and the block being in section; Fig. 4, aside elevation of the tie, the block being in section, and the partsbeing arranged as before the strain comes upon the tie; and Fig. 5, asimilar elevation, the parts being as after the strain has come upon thetie.

The same letters denote the same parts.

The present invention is an improvement in wire bale-ties.

One end, A, of the band, by folding and twisting, and as shown moredistinctly in Figs. 1 and 3, is formed into a loop, a in which is held across-piece, B, the latter being prefer ably in the form ofa block ofwood. The crosspiece should be prevented from slipping later- -ally inthe loop, and to this end the piece should have shoulders I) 1), betweenwhich the loop is confined. Until attached to the bale the other'end, G,of the band is left straight. The bale beingready, the band is passedaround it, and the end Ocarried above the block B to and aroundunderneath the end A at the neck (No model.)

the pressure upon the bale is released and the band and tie are strainedthe various parts change from the position shown in Fig. 4 to that ofFig. 5; and an important advantage of this improvement is that thestrain oftheband, in place ofbeingconcentrated ata singlepoint as theneck a--is distributed from a-point along and upon the cross-piece B,thus preventing the wire from cutting and tnabling it to stand itsnormal strain. ables the tie to be very readily formed. Less wire inlength is also needed to form the tie than in the bale ties asheretofore made.

.I am aware that a cross-bar has been pivoted in the end of a wirebale-tie.

I claim- The herein-described \vire bale tie, consisting of the loopedend A, the cross-piece B, and the end 0, said cross-piece having theshoulders I) b, and being held rigidly in the loop a, and said. endbeing, when the tie is formed, carried around the neck of the loop, thecrosspiece, and main portion of the wire, substantially as described.

v W. H. KING.

Witnesses:

O. D. MOODY, JAMES S. KERR.

The cross-piece B also en-

